Cedar Lake, IN Weather Forecast
Lake County, Indiana
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Cedar Lake, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Dry for the moment, with rain moving in this morning
It is 45°, but the wind is taking it down to 40° on exposed skin. The sky is mostly sunny.
The first rain arrives between 7 AM and 8 AM, with the best chance of it around 3 AM. That leaves a usable window outdoors until about 7 AM, and it closes quickly after that.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
A long wet stretch ahead
Wet weather moves in around 7 AM. Total accumulation over the window comes to about 1.52 in.
The overnight low settles near 38°. Tomorrow tops out near 44°.
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
28–57°F across the weekThe week runs between 28° and 48°, with Tuesday the warmest day of it. There is no real trend across it: one day looks much like the next. Friday is the wettest day, peaking near 100%. 4 of the 7 days stay dry.
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Cedar Lake, IN at a glance
Cedar Lake is home to about 16,068 people in Lake County, across 9.2 square miles. It ranks 60th by population of 175 places in Indiana with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is St. John, 5 miles away.
- County
- Lake County
- Population
- 16,068 2023 est.
- Land area
- 9.2 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,746
- Forecast point
- 41.3723°N, 87.4420°W
How well can the network see Cedar Lake?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLOT (Chicago, IL), to the WNW. Its lowest scan passes about 2,400 ft above Cedar Lake. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Cedar Lake is closer to its radar than 60% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KIGQ (Chicago/Lansing Muni). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Cedar Lake
- St. John, IN5 mi
- Crown Point, IN6 mi
- Lowell, IN6 mi
- Schererville, IN8 mi
- Beecher, IL9 mi
- Dyer, IN9 mi
- Merrillville, IN9 mi
- Winfield, IN10 mi
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